Malnutrition

The Federal Government says more than four million children in the Northeast and Northwest regions are suffering from malnutrition. Mrs Ladidi Bako-Aiyebusi, the Director of Nutrition Department in the Federal Ministry of Health and…
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has warned of devastating surge in severe malnutrition cases among children in northern Nigeria. This is contained in a statement in Dutse on Wednesday, by…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is considering an `Operation Feed Yourself’ initiative to tackle malnutrition. The vice president said the initiative, which will be a collaboration between the Federal Government…
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The Civil Society Scaling-up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), an NGO has decried the increasing rate of dying children in Kano state as a result of malnutrition cases amongst children less than five years. The National Project Manager of…
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Save the Children International (SCI), said on Thursday that it has introduced the Child Development Grant Programme to support nutrition activities in Kaduna and Kano states. SCI Team Lead in Kaduna State, Mr Tanko Muhammed, made this…
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Kano state government in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) spent  N350 Million last year, as intervention against malnutrition amongst children under five years, which UNICEF provided the same amount as marching…
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